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Nicholas Levitt
University of Kentucky

Current Projects

Developing Methods for Life Detection on Mars and in Mars Analog Environments — 2016 NAI
Project 2A: Application of the 13C-18O Clumped Isotope Thermometer to the Ancient Earth — 2015 NAI
Project 2B: Cation Content of Carbonate Minerals as a pCO2 Proxy: Inorganic Synthesis Experiments — 2015 NAI
Project 2C: Developing the 13C-18O Clumped Isotope Thermometer — 2014 NAI
Project 2C: Calibrating the [^13^]C-[^18^]O (“clumped”) Isotope Temperature Scale — 2013 NAI

Project 2A: Inorganic Growth of Mg-Calcite From Dilute Solutions: Understanding Temperature, Composition and pCO2 Effects — 2012 NAI

Project 2B: The Influence of Temperature, Composition and pCO2 on the Fractionation of Iron Isotopes in the Calcite-Siderite System — 2012 NAI

Project 5A: Production of Mixed Cation Carbonates in Abiologic and Biologic Systems — 2011 NAI

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NAI Project Collaborators

Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
Joost Aerts
Collaborated on 1 Project

Brian Beard
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Lucas Berg
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Nicolas Beukes
University of Johannesburg
Collaborated on 1 Project

Eric Boyd
Montana State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Geoffrey Bruce
Arizona State University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Kathryn Bywaters
California State University, San Marcos
Collaborated on 1 Project

Evan Cameron
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Aaron Cavosie
Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez
Collaborated on 1 Project

Suvankar Chakraborty
University of Kentucky
Collaborated on 1 Project

Piyali Chanda
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Max Coleman
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Collaborated on 1 Project

Morgan Cox
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Antoine Crèmiére
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Huan Cui
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Andrew Czaja
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Pascale Ehrenfreund
George Washington University
Collaborated on 1 Project

John Eiler
California Institute of Technology
Collaborated on 1 Project

Andreas Elsässer
Universiteit Leiden
Collaborated on 1 Project

David Emerson
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Collaborated on 1 Project

Yihang Fang
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Kay Ferrari
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Nathan Fortney
Collaborated on 1 Project

Phil Fralick
Lakehead University
Collaborated on 1 Project

Shaomei He
Collaborated on 1 Project

Franklin Hobbs
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Akizumi Ishida
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Clark Johnson
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Taylor Kelly
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Kouki Kitajima
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Anatoliy Kudryavtsev
University of California, Los Angeles
Collaborated on 1 Project

Tom Lapen
University of Houston
Collaborated on 1 Project

Dolly Ledin
Institute for Biology Education - Mazomanie Outreach Outpost
Collaborated on 1 Project

Seungyeol Lee
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Weiqiang Li
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Stephanie Napieralski
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Evan Neidholdt
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Collaborated on 1 Project

Mason Neuman
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Brooke Norsted
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Richard Quinn
SETI Institute
Collaborated on 1 Project

Eric Roden
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Wilfred Roling
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Collaborated on 1 Project

Christopher Romanek
University of Kentucky
Collaborated on 1 Project

Jane Roughen
Madison Public Library
Collaborated on 1 Project

Aaron Satkoski
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

James William Schopf
University of California, Los Angeles
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Mike Spicuzza
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Roger Summons
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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John Valley
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Martin Van Kranendonk
University of New South Wales
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Laura Venner
Bergen Community College
Collaborated on 1 Project

Malcolm Walter
University of New South Wales
Collaborated on 1 Project

Kenneth Williford
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Catherine Woodward
Institute for Biology Education - Mazomanie Outreach Outpost
Collaborated on 1 Project

Lingling Wu
University of Waterloo
Collaborated on 1 Project

Huifang Xu
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Changyi Zhang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Collaborated on 1 Project

Xinyuan Zheng
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborated on 1 Project

Email:
nicholas.levitt@uky.edu

Past NAI Teams

University of Wisconsin
CAN 6
University of Wisconsin
CAN 4